Purplay members get thrown under the bus, apparently responsible for choreo

With the release of their video teaser, fans overseas, especially those familiar with ‘America’s Best Dance Crew‘, immediately spotted the extreme similarities between the choreography of the rookie group Purplay and dance crew I.aM.mE; and even drew frustrated comments from the I.aM.mE members.

Unaware about the attention brewing overseas, their agency has sent out a new press release to domestic media, revealing that the members themselves have helped in the creation of the choreography of their debut song, “Love and Remember”.

Their agency stated, “The Purplay members directly participated in the rap making as well as the choreography creation of the ‘cobra dance’ and ‘puzzle piecing dance’, already displaying their talents. They have outstanding choreography and singing abilities even when compared to any of the existing girl groups. They will rise to be a girl group to look out for in the first half of this year.”

They also added, “Purplay is a group that seems as if they’ll explode with their powerful dance, refreshing vocals, and emotional rap whenever you press the ‘play’ button.”

Wow, if they did have a hand in creating the choreo (and not just their company saying so) that's messed up in them trying to pass it off/not crediting it. But, really, Korea has no shame in ripping off other people- it's why you can find 800 different online sites selling unsubtle designer knock offs (not to mention the countless ones that take art from the internet and use it as designs)

Unaware about the attention brewing overseas, their agency has sent out a new press release to domestic media, revealing that the members themselves have helped in the creation of the choreography of their debut song, “Love and Remember”.

Well damn. I know more kids are looking to become idols and that there are THOUSANDS of trainees... but this means that the job market is a bit more free? 'Cause if I were attending school over there like I am here, I might actually be happy when I graduate lol

they need to hurry up and give credit where it's duedid they forget about the international audience? did they really think they wouldn't be caught? lol ridic. if they flopped, I wouldn't feel bad tbh.

In korean/korea, is whatever the word they are using that is being translated as "choreographed" (or even if it's the english loanword) understood generally as something more than "decided that this was how the choreography was going to be"? Like, is it universally understood that there is a greater element of creative responsibility there?

(Similarly, how exactly is YYJ credited for IGAB? Does it really say he composed it, or does it just say he produced it, or does it list him as one of various composers? Seeing as SM bought the song and he only tweaked it a bit for SNSD. Is that a translation error, or is it some kind of ambiguity in the korean lexicon? Or in this case, is it the practice in the recording industry if you paid ALL THE MONEY or whatever for a song, you get to take the credit if you want? >.>;;;)